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Following the publication of the LCCG's first industry benchmark in the Low Carbon Concrete Routemap, it was recommended that the benchmark be updated annually, with a growing data set, in order to improve the accuracy of how it represents concrete usage in the UK. Over the last 12 months, a sub-group of the LCCG, led by Bruce Martin (Expedition Engineering), has been gathering an updated data set of UK concrete embodied carbon to develop the LCCG Market Benchmark 2024.
A Market Benchmark is dynamic and changes as the embodied carbon of concrete sold in the market changes. Alternative static benchmarks are also published. The dynamic Market Benchmark is useful for assessing concrete against what has been specified and supplied in the market. The static benchmarks are well suited for planning emissions reductions on the pathway to net zero. The relation between the dynamic Market Benchmark and the static benchmarks is addressed in “Classification methodology for embodied carbon” prepared by the LCCG and published by ConcreteZero in July 2024.
This guide presents the 2024 LCCG Market Benchmark update, based on data from the MPA covering around 56% of the ready-mixed concrete produced in the UK in 2023 and supplemented by data from contractors and independent concrete suppliers. The data was based on a common carbon methodology - gross carbon emission data to EN 15804.
MB_LCCBenchmark_Sep24.pdfBenchmark Data
Benchmark Data
The data for the benchmark, including a tool to visualise your own data alongside the benchmark, is available below.
Additionally, the LCCG are accepting data for further updates to the Market Benchmark, through the below interactive Benchmark Data Collector. We greatly appreciate all contributions of data for future benchmarks.
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